Long-term survival rates in colour-ringed shorebirds – practical considerations in the application of mark–recapture models: Capsule serious violations of the model assumptions were seen

Bird Study

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-279

  Bearhop, Stuart ^a   Ward, Robin M ^a   Evans, Peter R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CJS assumptions; Cormack Jolly Seber assumptions; Long term data; Shorebird; Survival

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; RINGING; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0345447162     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650309461319     Document Type: Article

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